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Positioned in front of a natural oil seep, this video camera is capturing images of the black oil bubbling up from beneath the sea floor. A light mounted to the frame helps see what is happening in the dark on the sea floor.
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Bubble of Oil On The Seafloor

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During whale hunts, this carved whale box stored harpoon blades like the three shown beside it.
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Inupiat Harpoon Box

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Scaffolding and supports support a life-size model of a right whale in the national Museum of Natural History.
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Work Site for Building the Model of Phoenix

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Phoenix swims in George’s Bank, off the coast of New England, on March 13, 2009.
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Phoenix in George's Bank

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This ivory sculpture from Point Barrow, Alaska, represents Kikámigo, a guardian spirit, holding a whale in each hand.
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Inupiat Guardian Spirit

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Mangroves on the edge of the water.
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Mangroves at the Sea’s Edge

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Horseshoe Crab in Stage Harbor, Massachusetts
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Horseshoe Crab in Massachusetts

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A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.
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Curasub

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Sea lion with data collector on back.
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Sea lion with data collector on back

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A frame-by-frame view of a Great White Shark breach.
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Breaching Sequence

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a fossilized ancient sea creature
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Wiwaxia

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Nutrient influxes can cause phytoplankton blooms in the Antarctic.
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Phytoplankton Bloom in the Antarctic

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